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Cutting-edge technology made in Germany: For more than 120 years, we have had our share in shaping the history of modern grinding technology. One cornerstone of our corporate philosophy is the belief that our customers around the world deserve personal care and consultations provided by our carefully trained and experienced technicians and engineers.

History

From a local glue manufacturer to a family-owned business that operates world-wide

Since the founding of our company in 1893 we have been leaving our mark on the history of leading-edge grinding equipment by introducing countless innovations. Our high-speed cutting-off wheels and grinding discs and our abrasive mop wheels and abrasive mop discs are only a few examples of major abrasive products that we managed to develop and successfully brought to market.

1893Johannes Friedrich Klingspor sets off on his own and starts a family business.

1926 Klingspor produces Europe's first waterproof abrasive paper

1971witnesses the introduction of the then ground-breaking abrasive mop disc.

1978Klingspor establishes a subsidiary in the United States - the company's first outside of Europe.

1996The first international production facility is completed in Poland.

2015

1899The company begins developing and manufacturing abrasives

1950The high-speed Kronenflex® cutting-off wheel is invented.

2003Klingspor GmbH is converted into Klingspor AG.

The new plant for Klingspor diamond tools opens its doors.

Corporate principles

Klingspor is an internationally organised, efficient, and innovative family company involved in the business of tools for surface treatment and shaping by means of abrasion. Our main businesses are coated abrasives, and cutting and grinding discs.

Our number one goal is the satisfaction of our customers. In order to guarantee this, we base our entrepreneurial decisions on the following maxims:

▶ Constant high efficiency of our products

With our “Klingspor” and “Kronenflex” brand products, which are highly competitive in terms of quality and price, we strive for a position amongst the leading providers in the major industrial countries.

Our suppliers and service providers are partners in the market. We place on them the same quality and environmental standards as on ourselves.

▶ Qualified technical advice to our customers for the optimisation of their grinding processes

We provide fair, individualised, and personal support, as well as a reliable logistics supply. They receive a price optimised for the performance of the respective product.

▶ Maximum industrial safety for the user of our products

We commit ourselves to continual improvement of our processes and products. Our aim is “zero defects”.

▶ A process-oriented Klingspor management system which includes the areas of quality, the environment, and industrial safety

We have committed ourselves to sustained environmental protection. We want to use material resources sparingly and to make their use more efficient through permanent improvements.

Within the options available to our company, we do everything so that our products and processes affect the users and the environment as little as possible. In our production processes, we lastingly reduce the energy consumption and the CO2 emission for every product manufactured.

All employees are themselves responsible for the quality of their work.

Tidiness and cleanliness at all workplaces are prerequisites for safe, high quality work.

▶ Maximally qualified and performance-motivated employees in order to achieve our goals

Klingspor wishes to be a reliable and attractive employer.

Klingspor supports the requirements relating to the social responsibility of international companies and the values upon which they rest.

The relationship between employees and management is characterised by trust and mutual respect. Every employee should experience that his performance is needed, and that the quality of his work is appreciated.

Superiors have a role model function. Through suitable selection, training, and management of personnel, every manager is responsible for the efficiency and motivation of his employees.

The stepwise transfer of tasks, skills, and responsibility to employees makes it possible for the management to develop its area of responsibility to the extent necessary for organising the growth of the company.

By means of an above average rate of return for our shareholders, we want to ensure the independence of our company, as well as its continuous further development.

Laws and regulations are strictly complied with at all Klingspor sites.

The companies in the Klingspor group are an integral component of the international group of companies. What counts is the joint result.

The Klingspor corporate principles apply to all companies in the Klingspor group worldwide.

Training, service and sales

A partner at your side

Training courses

Our training centres are there to provide customers, users and employees alike with theoretical knowledge that comes from the source and the practical skills they need to use abrasives
in the most efficient way. Our experienced technicians can furnish you with concrete solutions to your problems as well as argumentation aids for sales negotiations. Our hands-on training courses deal with a wide variety of materials and are taught using both stationary and hand-operated machinery.

Service

We are constantly available to our partners - whether by phone, email or on site. Our staff members know our products inside and out and will always find the solution that suits your specific application requirements best.

Sales

Boasting 36 production and sales locations around the globe, we are uniquely equipped to tend to the requirements of all regional markets and customers in a highly versatile manner.

Australia

Sydney, Australia

Our Production facilities

Our production facilities have state-of-the-art machinery and highly trained personnel. We ensure the high quality of the tools through the complete control of all production steps: from the procurement of the raw materials to the manufacture of the products and the delivery to our customers.

Haiger, Germany

The company was founded 1893 by Fritz Klingspor in Siegen as a glue factory. In 1899, the company began manufacturing abrasives. This step has been followed by the market launch of numerous innovations, such as water-resistant sandpaper or the abrasive mop. In 1955, the company and its production facilities moved to Haiger in Hesse, 30 km from Siegen. Today, the headquarter has about 500 employees and a factory area of 82,000 m². Among other things, approx. 10,000,000 m² of coated abrasives, 180,000 mop wheels, 1,100,000 mops and over 40,000,000 fibre discs are produced each year. Klingspor has become a global player in the course of its development and counts 36 locations worldwide.

Bielsko-Biała and Kozy, Poland

Klingspor Spolka Z.O.O. was founded 1995 in the small town of Kozy as the first international Klingspor production facility. The Production there started two years later. In 2005 a further production facility was added in Bielsko-Biala, 10 km away. The administration office of Klingspor Poland is still located there. Almost 900 employees work together in both plants. Every year, 16,500,000 m² of coated abrasives, 7,500,000 abrasive mop discs, 280,000 abrasive mops, 84,000,000 cutting-off wheels and 5,000,000 grinding discs are produced at our Polish plants. In 2016, the workers in Kozy celebrated a special anniversary: the production of the one-billionth cutting disc.

Bielsko-BiałaKozy

Qingdao, China

The Klingspor production facility in the Chinese port city of Qingdao was opened in 2005. Two years after the foundation stone was laid for the new plant, production and the first export of the products started. About 150 employees work there on 24,000 m² of factory space. Approximately 20,000,000 cutting-off wheels and grinding discs are produced in our Chinese plant every year.

Velyki Mosty, Ukraine

In 2008 Klingspor established a production site with a 3,000 m² production area in the Ukrainian region of Velyki Mosty. Three years later, the production of coated abrasives could begin. Meanwhile the location employs approx. 200 employees. Among other things, 3,000,000 abrasive mops and almost 60,000,000 self-fastening abrasive discs are produced every year. Since 2015, the plant has also been producing the new high-quality Klingspor diamond tools using state-of-the-art machinery.

Klingspor in Numbers

As a company operating world-wide we are represented on all five continents. Here are a few figures that illustrate our position as one of the five leading manufacturers of abrasives in the world.